We are happy to announce the
2022 Nutmeg Book Award winners!
And the winners are...

2022 Elementary Grades 2-3 Nutmeg Book Award Winner:
InvestiGATORS by John Patrick Green
2022 Intermediate Grades 4-6 Nutmeg Book Award Winner:
Wink by Rob Harrell
2022 Middle School Grades Nutmeg Book Award Winner:
The Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
2022 High School Grades Nutmeg Book Award Winner:
Sadie by Courtney Summers

We Couldn't Have Done It Without Them!

A huge THANK YOU to all of the librarians and teachers that promoted these titles over the past year, but especially to our 2022 Selection Committee Chairpeople and all the Selection Committee Members for reading A LOT of titles to bring us these amazing Winners!

2022 Elementary Grades 2-3 Co-Chairpeople:
Amber Wyzik & April Jones
2022 Intermediate Grades 4-6 Co-Chairpeople:
Hilary Gindi & Jean Myles
2022 Middle School Grades 7-8 Co-Chairpeople:
Alyssa Bussard & Mary Richardson
2022 High School Grades 9-12 Co-Chairpeople:
Kristina Lareau & Kristen Finnegan

Congratulations to our committees and the winning titles, authors and illustrators.

2023 Nutmeg Book Award Nominees

A huge THANK YOU to our Selection Committee Chairpeople and all the Selection Committee Members for reading and working together to make these amazing nominee lists!

2023 Elementary Grades 2-3 Co-Chairpeople:
Lauren Redfield & Linda Williams

2023 Intermediate Grades 4-6 Co-Chairpeople:
Rebecca Anderson & Pamela Dear

2023 Middle School Grades 7-8 Co-Chairpeople:
Marissa Bucci & Amy Laughlin

2023 High School Grades 9-12 Co-Chairpeople:
Jackie Bush & Stephanie Smith

Color Flyers Available Here:

Access color flyers of the 2023 Nutmeg Book Award Nominees by clicking the buttons below or on our website nutmegaward.org. We hope you enjoy promoting these titles over the next year.

2023 Elementary Nominees Flyer

2023 Intermediate Nominees Flyer

2023 Middle School Nominees Flyer

2023 High School Nominees Flyer

...And the 2023 Nominees Are:

2023 Elementary Nutmeg Book Award Nominees:

Bear Goes Sugaring by Maxwell Eaton III
Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals by Katy S. Duffield, art by Mike Orodán
Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built by Angela Burke Kunkel, art by Paola Escobar
The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field by Scott Riley, art by Nguyen Quang and Kim Lien Young
In a Jar by Deborah Marcero
It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear, art by Julie Morstad
J.D. and the Great Barber Battle by J. Dillard, art by Akeem S. Roberts
King of the Birds by Elise Gravel
Lift by Minh Lê, art by Dan
Maybe Tomorrow? by Charlotte Agell, art by Ana Ramírez González
Mr. Summerling’s Secret Code by Dori Hillestad Butler, art by Tim Budgen (Treasure Troop series, #1)
Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us by Lauren Castillo
The Paper Kingdom by Helena Ku Rhee, art by Pascal Campion
Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan, art by Anna Bron
Shadow Island by Mike and Nancy Deas

2023 Intermediate Nutmeg Book Award Nominees:

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
A Galaxy of Sea Stars by Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo
Just Like Jackie by Lindsey Stoddard
Katie the Catsitter by Colleen AF Venable, illustrated by Stephanie Yue
Nightbooks by J. A. White
Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech
The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed

2023 Middle School Nutmeg Book Award Nominees:

Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald
The Line Tender by Kate Allen
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
96 Miles by J. L. Esplin
Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Suggested Reading by Dave Connis
Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang, art by Gurihiru

2023 High School Nutmeg Book Award Nominees:

All Eyes On Her by L. E. Flynn
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan
Flamer by Mike Curato
Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam; art by Omar T. Pasha
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
What I Carry by Jennifer Longo

2023 Promotional Materials:

We have made some changes to the materials and ways of purchasing our promotional materials starting with the 2023 nominee year.

>From now on, the leveled stickers will no longer contain the year of the nominee printed on them. Instead, the nominee stickers will be solid colors with just the words Nutmeg Book Award and the level nominee. See examples here:

One other large change we have made in hopes to make it easier for purchasing is that we will now allow credit card / electronic payments through our website. For more information on this, please go to nutmegaward.org

If you still prefer to print, fill out and send a check, you can access that order form from our website or use the copy here: Promo Materials Order Form 2023

For questions regarding the orders of Promotional Materials, please contact Kristin Raiche, Nutmeg Book Award Treasurer at: kraiche@enfield.org.

Ideas on How to Promote Nominees:

Looking for ways to promote these titles to your students or patrons? You can find ideas on our Learning Resources page through our website.

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